Definition of End

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Definition of End

End

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part.

Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence.

Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.

The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends.

That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends.

One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.

To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech.

To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.

To destroy; to put to death.

To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.

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End Quotations

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
Thomas Jefferson

Every choice you make has an end result.
Zig Ziglar

If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you'll never end up with a nag.
Zig Ziglar

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
Albert Einstein

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?
Barack Obama

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at the other.
Ronald Reagan

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
Ronald Reagan

Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.
Mark Twain

If the world comes to an end, I want to be in Cincinnati. Everything comes there ten years later.
Mark Twain

Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.
Mark Twain

End Translations

end in Afrikaans is eindig, einde, ophou
end in Danish is fuldende, ende
end in Dutch is uiterste deel, einde, uiteinde
end in Finnish is loppu, lopetta
end in Latin is finis, terminus, desino, extremitas, exitus
end in Portuguese is extremidade, fim

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